Well said, Charlie!
[["Wouldn't blink" as a response to an international crisis, raises the question in my tiny brain of whether Palin "Wouldn't think" as well before acting. Her strategy may be entirely adequate for dealing with day to day crises in Alaska, but even when you are hunting moose (or jacking deer) you're supposed to look before you shoot.

I wonder what her trophy room back home looks like:

Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a pure bred Guernsey cow!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble]]

Note that Palin told the other Charlie (Gibson) that she immediately accepted McCain's offer to be his running mate because it was important for a leader "not to blink."
In other words, in her mind taking the time to think it over or talk it over would have constituted "blinking."   
Don't discuss what the job would require of her. Don't pause to reflect on whether you're qualified or whether it's best for you and your family for you to take on such awesome responsibilites at this time.   Nope. Just go with your first instinct and never back down.

Yup, that's really what I'm looking for in a Chief Executive and Commander-in-Chief of our Armed Forces.

Genie